#948b8b

Color #948b8b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium red.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 6.17 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#948b8b

RGB

rgb(148, 139, 139)

HSL

hsl(0, 4%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 6.1%, 58%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 6.1%, 42%)

LAB

lab(58.63, 3.35, 1.2)

LCH

lch(58.63, 3.56, 19.71)

OKLCH

oklch(64.5%, 0.0108, 17.26)

HWB

hwb(0, 54.5%, 42%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8b9494

Analogous

#948b90

#948b8b

#94908b

Triadic

#948b8b

#8b948b

#8b8b94

Split-complementary

#948b8b

#8b9490

#8b9094

Tetradic

#948b8b

#94948b

#8b9494

#8b8b94

Square

#948b8b

#90948b

#8b9494

#908b94

Shades

Color #948b8b mixed toward black.

#7c7373

#645c5c

#4b4545

#322e2e

#191717

Tints

Color #948b8b mixed toward white.

#a69e9e

#b8b2b2

#cac5c5

#dbd8d8

#edecec

Tones

Color #948b8b mixed toward gray.

#938c8c

#938d8d

#928d8d

#918e8e

#908f8f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.33:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#90908b · ΔE 6.4

Deuteranopia

#91918b · ΔE 6.8

Tritanopia

#948b8b · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 4.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #948b8b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#948b8b]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#948b8b (#948b8b) is rgb(148, 139, 139) in RGB.

No, #948b8b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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